No. 17 Women’s Swim/Dive Records Winning Effort vs. John Carroll, Kalamazoo

A 1-2-3 finish in the 100-yard breaststroke, the 100-yard freestyle, and 3-meter diving on Saturday powered the 17th-ranked Hope College women's swimming and diving team past John Carroll University and host Kalamazoo College over a two-day meet.

The Flying Dutch scored 1,289 points over 19 events, finishing ahead of John Carroll (1,080) and Kalamazoo (480.5).

In the 100 breaststroke, junior Riess Estep (Smyrna, Georgia / Whitefield Academy), senior Dillon Horsley (Indianapolis, Indiana / North Central), and freshman Abby Milliken (Kalamazoo, Michigan, Loy Norrix) topped the field. Estep won in 1:09.12. Horsley finished runner-up at 1:09.75. Milliken was third at 1:10.70.

In the 100 freestyle, freshman Layla Umstead of Jenison, Michigan (Jenison) touched the wall first at 54.00. Milliken placed second at 54.58. Freshman Annie Lock (Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville) clocked a third-place swim of 54.54.

In 1-meter diving, sophomore Grace Dawson (Jackson, Michigan / Western) totaled a winning, six-dive score of 280.20 points, a season-high. Freshman Sophie Stewart (Warsaw, Indiana / Warsaw) took second with 214.64 points. Junior Heidi Moody (Moreland Hills, Ohio / Olentangy Orange) finished third with 184.35 points.

Hope also clocked runner-up swim in two events.

Lock placed second in the 200 freestyle at 1:58.00.

Freshman Callie Marks (Boulder, Colorado / Fairview) recorded a second-place swim in the 1,650 freestyle of 18:13.02.

The Flying Dutch's next meet is Friday-Saturday, Nov. 6-7, at the D3 Shootout hosted by the University of Chicago.

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Players Mentioned

Grace Dawson: Sophomore

Riess Estep: Junior

Dillon Horsley: Senior; Exercise Science

Annie Lock: Freshman

Callie Marks: Freshman

Abby Milliken: Freshman

Sophie Stewart: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Heidi Moody: Junior

Players Mentioned

Grace Dawson
: Sophomore

Riess Estep
: Junior

Dillon Horsley
: Senior; Exercise Science

Annie Lock
: Freshman

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Abby Milliken
: Freshman

Sophie Stewart
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman

Heidi Moody
: Junior